>>7880198
the appeal of the art is that she's a sexy woman

>>7880198
Draw it in grayscale, then fuck around with gradient maps. Actual pro tip 4 u

As with everything. It depends entirely on what your goal is. Slapping a filter on causes a kind of flattening but quickly developed a colordpace and pallete for you, which you can touch up and refine. It's a lot faster and a more typical digital workflow. People who paint all the colors themselves based off their knowledge of material properties and color theory, might do so because like you said, they want to have more control over certain aspects of the image, or just don't want to use a typical digital workflow. What matters most is what you want your painting to indicate with its mood.

I put a dark blue multiply layer on top of the drawing.

try both >>7881284 and >>7881393
i switch between them depending on the art

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>>7880198
You have to dark mode max and become a creature of the night. Until you become a literal vampire with night vision.

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did a test on this page thanks to some of the tips here, hows the color in this look, and how could i improve it?

also yeah the art itself aint the best (feel free to crit), but im trying to work on improving that too, recently switched to digital. page probably looks odd too, but its the end of the chapter, and is sorta meant to show what all the current characters are up to, (dead, hypnotised, driving, Mcdonalds receipt)

>>7880198
having more than blue OR purple in the palette turns night into more dawn/dusk (like in the OPs pic). choose one or other.